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| Relievers and the Three Run Lead | |
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| Pitching Around Batters | |
| CHAPTER PREVIEWS | |
| Foreword By Pete Palmer | |
| Preface | |
| 1. | Tools |
| 2. | Streaks |
| 3. | Batter/Pitcher Matchups |
| 4. | Clutch |
| 5. | Batting Order |
| 6. | Platooning |
| 7. | Starting Pitchers |
| 8. | Relief Pitchers |
| 9. | Sacrifice Bunt |
| 10. | Intentional Walks |
| 11. | Base Stealing |
| 12. | Game Theory |
| Appendix | |
| List Of Tables | |
© 2006 TMA Press
| 1. | Run Expectancy, By The 24 Base/Out States, 1999–2002 |
| 2. | Runs To End Of Inning, By Event |
| 3. | Runs To End Of Inning, By Event (Part 2) |
| 4. | Runs To End Of Inning, By Event (Part 3) |
| 5. | Runs To End Of Inning, By Base/Out State, For HR |
| 6. | Run Value Of HR, By Base/Out State |
| 7. | Run Values By Event |
| 8. | Scoring Distribution, By Base/Out State, For 5.0 Runs/Game |
| 9. | Scoring Distribution, By Base/Out State, For 3.2 Runs/Game |
| 10. | Win Expectancy, By Game State |
| 11. | Win Values, By Event |
| 12. | Random Variations For Players With An OBP Skill Of .330 |
| 13. | Random Variations For Players With wOBA Skill Of .330 And Average Profile |
| 14. | Batting Performance In Game, After 5-Game Hot Or Cold Streaks |
| 15. | Batting Performance In 3 Games, After 7-Game Hot Or Cold Streaks |
| 16. | The 10 Hottest Streak Hitters In 2003 |
| 17. | The 10 Coldest Streak Hitters In 2003 |
| 18. | Starting Pitcher Performance In Game, After 4-Game Hot Or Cold Streaks |
| 19. | Relief Pitcher Performance In Game, After 4-Game Hot Or Cold Streaks |
| 20. | Batter/Pitcher Performance In Season Following Batter Owning Pitcher |
| 21. | Batter/Pitcher Performance In Season Following Pitcher Owning Batter |
| 22. | Batter/Pitcher Performance In Season Following Lopsided Performances |
| 23. | Batter/Pitcher Performance In Season Following Batter Owning Famiglia |
| 24. | Batter/Pitcher Performance In Season Following Famiglia Owning Batter |
| 25. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By Handedness |
| 26. | Number Of Regular Players, By Handedness |
| 27. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By Handedness (What-If Scenario, Part 1) |
| 28. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By Handedness (What-If Scenario, Part 2) |
| 29. | Batter/Pitcher PA Breakdown, By Handedness |
| 30. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By Groundball/Flyball Tendencies |
| 31. | Batter/Pitcher PA Breakdown, By Groundball/Flyball Tendencies |
| 32. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By K/BB Tendencies |
| 33. | Batter/Pitcher Performances, By Contact Tendencies |
| 34. | Batter Performances, By Quality, Against Good Pitchers (Part 1) |
| 35. | Batter Performances, By Quality, Against Good Pitchers (Part 2) |
| 36. | Batter Performances, By Quality, Against Bad Pitchers |
| 37. | The 10 Best Clutch Seasons, 2000–2003 |
| 38. | The 10 Worst Clutch Seasons, 2000–2003 |
| 39. | The 10 Best Clutch Skills, 2000–2004 |
| 40. | The 10 Worst Clutch Skills, 2000–2004 |
| 41. | The 10 Best Clutch Hitters, 2000–2004 (Minimum 1500 PA) |
| 42. | The 10 Worst Clutch Hitters, 2000–2004 (Minimum 1500 PA) |
| 43. | The 10 Best Stretch Pitchers, 2000–2004 |
| 44. | The 10 Worst Stretch Pitchers, 2000–2004 |
| 45. | Number Of PA Per Game, By Batting Order |
| 46. | Number Of PA, By Batting Order And Men On Base |
| 47. | Number Of PA, By Batting Order And Outs |
| 48. | Number Of PA, By Batting Order (Theoretical And Actual) |
| 49. | Number Of PA, By Batting Order And Men On Base (Theoretical) |
| 50. | Run Values, By Event And Base/Out State |
| 51. | Run Values, By Event And Batting Order |
| 52. | Run Values, By Event And Batting Order (Modified By PA) |
| 53. | Run Values, By Event And Base/Out State (Subset Of An Earlier Chart) |
| 54. | Run Values, By Event And Base/Out State (Subset Of An Earlier Chart) |
| 55. | Run Values, By Event And Base/Out State (Subset Of An Earlier Chart) |
| 56. | Run Values, By Event And Base/Out State (Subset Of An Earlier Chart) |
| 57. | Frequency Of Singles Or Doubles, With Runner On First, By Batting Slot Of Runner |
| 58. | Frequency Of Singles, With Runner On Second, By Batting Slot Of Runner |
| 59. | Number Of DP Situations, By Batting Order, Relative To League |
| 60. | Optimal Batting Order, For A Sample Team |
| 61. | Number Of Team Runs, By Batting Slot For The Pitcher (All Other Hitters Equals) |
| 62. | Performance Of Mark Belanger, By Batting Order |
| 63. | Number Of Team Runs, By Batting Slot For The Pitcher (Typical Hitters In Other Slots) |
| 64. | The 10 Best Left-Handed Lefty Mashers, 2000–2003 |
| 65. | The 10 Best Left-Handed Righty Mashers, 2000–2003 |
| 66. | Average Platoon Splits, 2000–2004 |
| 67. | The 10 Most Extreme Platoon Splits (RHB), 2000–2004 |
| 68. | The 10 Most Extreme Platoon Splits (LHB), 2000–2004 |
| 69. | The 10 Best Right-Handed Hitters Vs. RHP/LHP, 2000–2004 |
| 70. | The 10 Best Left-Handed Hitters Vs. RHP/LHP, 2000–2004 |
| 71. | The 10 Most Extreme Platoon Splits (RHP), 2000–2004 |
| 72. | The 10 Most Extreme Platoon Splits (LHP), 2000–2004 |
| 73. | The 10 Best Right-Handed Starters Vs. RHB/LHB, 2000–2004 |
| 74. | The 10 Best Right-Handed Relievers Vs. RHB/LHB, 2000–2004 |
| 75. | The 10 Best Left-Handed Starters Vs. RHB/LHB, 2000–2004 |
| 76. | The 10 Best Left-Handed Relievers Vs. RHB/LHB, 2000–2004 |
| 77. | The 10 Most Extreme Platoon Splits (SHB), 2000–2004 |
| 78. | The 10 Best Switch Hitters Vs. RHP/LHP, 2000–2004 |
| 79. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, By Batting Order |
| 80. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, By Batting Order And Time Through The Order, Relative To Expectations |
| 81. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, By Time Through The Order |
| 82. | Batter/Pitcher Performance And Expectation, By Time Through The Order |
| 83. | Theoretical Performance, Based On Current And Optimal Rest Pattern |
| 84. | Performance Of Pitchers, As Starter And Reliever, By Role Class |
| 85. | Most Trustworthy Relievers |
| 86. | Least Trustworthy Relievers |
| 87. | Distribution Of Runs Per Inning, By Quality Of Pitcher |
| 88. | Distribution Of Runs Per Two Innings, By Quality Of Pitcher |
| 89. | Chance Of Home Team Winning, By Base/Out State, For Top Of The 9th Inning, With A Three-Run Lead |
| 90. | Batters Faced And Estimated Pitch Totals For Full-Time Relievers |
| 91. | Average Pitches Per Game, By Top Relievers, For Each Decade |
| 92. | Times The Trusted Nine Ace Relievers Enter A Game, By Inning |
| 93. | Performance Of Ace Relievers, By Conditions Of Game When Entered |
| 94. | Performance Of Mulholland, With Depleted Tank |
| 95. | Performance Of Relievers, With Most Depleted Tanks |
| 96. | Palmer And Thorn’s 1961 To 1977 Run Expectancies For Each Of The 24 Base/Out States |
| 97. | Run Expectancies, NL, 2000–2004 |
| 98. | Palmer And Thorn’s Win Expectancies, Bottom Of The 7th, One-Run Down |
| 99. | Win Expectancies In The Modern Era, National League, Bottom Of The 7th, One Run Down |
| 100. | Percentage Of Sacrifice Attempts With A Runner On First And No Outs, By Inning |
| 101. | Percentage Of Sacrifice Attempts With A Runner On First And No Outs, By Batting Slot |
| 102. | Percentage Of Sacrifice Attempts With A Runner On First And No Outs, By The Quality Of The Batter As Measured By Their Career wOBA |
| 103. | Sacrifice Bunt Attempt, 2000–2004 NL And AL, Non-Pitchers |
| 104. | Base/Out States, RE After A Sacrifice Attempt (NL And AL, 2000–04, Non-Pitchers Only) |
| 105. | Bunt Attempt Results, Early And Late In The Game |
| 106. | RE After A Bunt Attempt, By Quality Of Hitter, Early In A Game |
| 107. | RE By Quality Of Hitter, Early And Late In The Game |
| 108. | Player A (Tony Womack-Type With More Singles And A Higher BA) |
| 109. | Player B (An Andres Galarraga With Fewer Singles And More Walks) |
| 110. | Sacrifice Attempt Results By The Bunting Proficiency Of The Batter, Early In The Game |
| 111. | RE For Various Starting Counts When Bunting And Swinging Away Early In A Game, NL And AL, 2000–2004, Using The NL RE Matrix. |
| 112. | RE For Various Counts When Bunting And Swinging Away Early In A Game, NL And AL, 2000–2004, Using The NL RE Matrix |
| 113. | Results Of A Sacrifice Attempt For Pitchers And Non-Pitchers, NL, 2000–2004 |
| 114. | Results Of A Sacrifice Attempt For Pitchers And Non-Pitchers, When The Ball Is Bunted In Play With Less Than 2 Strikes |
| 115. | Bunt Attempt Results, Runner On Second And No Outs |
| 116. | Bunt Attempt Results, Runner On Second And No Outs, By Speed And Bunting Proficiency Of Batter |
| 117. | Bunt Attempt Results, Runners On First And Second And No Outs, Batter Is A Non-Pitcher |
| 118. | Bunt Attempt Results, Runners On First And Second And No Outs, By Speed And Bunting Proficiency Of Batter (Non-Pitcher) |
| 119. | Bunt Attempt Results, Runner On First And No Outs, By Inning And Score |
| 120. | Runs Gained From Walk |
| 121. | Odds Of Scoreless Inning |
| 122. | Average Batting Stats (Normalized To 600 Non-IBB PA) |
| 123. | Effect Of Walk On Run Expectancy |
| 124. | Fraction Of Plate Appearances That Were IBB |
| 125. | Effect Of Walk On Scoring Probabilities |
| 126. | Minimum wOBA Ratio For Intentional Walks |
| 127. | Runs Gained Walking #8 Hitter |
| 128. | Total And Non-Walk wOBA By Count (2000–2004) |
| 129. | Batting Stats For Good Hitters, In Likely IBB Situations |
| 130. | Batting Stats In Potential IBB And Non-Walk Situations, Scaled To 600 PA |
| 131. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, With 20 Fastest & Most Disruptive Runners On First |
| 132. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, By Disruptive Event, With Runner On First |
| 133. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, By Pitcher Handedness, With Runner On First |
| 134. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, With Right-Handed Pitcher And Runner On First |
| 135. | Batter/Pitcher Performance, With Left-Handed Pitcher And Runner On First |
| 136. | Run Expectancy, By Base/Out State (Subset Of An Earlier Chart) |
| 137. | Change In Probability Of Winning, By Score, When Runner Stealing Is Safe Or Out |
| 138. | Stolen Base Attempts When The Batter Does Not Put The Ball In Play, 2002–2004, NL And AL |
| 139. | Pitchouts By Count, 2004–2005, NL And AL |
| 140. | First-Pitch Results, 2002–2004, NL And AL (Hit By A First Pitch And Intentional Balls Not Included) |